RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – The Board of Supervisors today approved a slate of fee hikes tied to Riverside County Department of Public Health services, under a fee schedule revised to reflect inflation-driven impacts to the agency.
In a 3-0 vote — with Supervisors Yxstian Gutierrez and Chuck Washington absent — the board formally signed off on the adjustments, which will take effect on May 1.
Department of Public Health Director Kim Saruwatari said the Auditor- Controller’s Office had scrutinized the proposal and determined the new rates were “equitable and reasonable to recover the cost of providing services.”…